Changes to act may hide salaries from public
MARK ROGERS reports that proposed changes to Alberta's Municipal Government Act could allow municipalities to hide elected official salaries. City solicitor John Hughes warns the interpretation is possible but unlikely. The changes affect public access to information, excluding personnel files and sensitive documents, with privacy concerns raised over utility bills and social services records.
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Mark Rogers
The
John Hughes
Hughes
Alberta
Municipal Statutes Review Committee
Medicine Hat
Ed Steele
Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce
Social Planning Department
Utility
British Army teams aim for world car circumnavigation record
Two Royal Army Ordnance Corps crews in white Rover 827Si saloon cars seek to circumnavigate the globe in 40 days, covering at least 1 600 km per continent and 39 842 km overall. They began May 13 from the Tower of London and reached Los Angeles June 5, with CFB Suffield as a Canadian stop. They hope to raise about 4 million for the Variety Club of Great Britain while racing the clock.
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Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Medicine Hat
Globe
Guinness
Africa
Asia
Europe
Australia
North America
South America
Equator
Jules Verne
Tower of London
Scandinavia
Italy
Turkey
Outback
Samantha Steele
Variety Club of
Great Britain
CFB Suffield
Steele
South Amer
City abandons seepagefix for Marlborough Connaught areas
After three years and substantial spending, Marlborough and Connaught residents learn the city will not pursue further action on water seepage. City engineers say high water tables, lawn watering, and past design limits drive the issue, with homeowners urged to manage drainage themselves.
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Marlborough
Connaught
Teresa Parasynchuk
Parasynchuk
Siew Mak
Terry Pedersen
Pedersen
Bill Tuttle
Mak
Tradt
Ed Steele
Kathy Mandeville
Public Works Committee
Tax could cost Medicine Hat hospital up to $100000
The Medicine Hat Regional Hospital may lose up to $100000 annually when the federal goods and services tax begins Jan 1. An 80 percent rebate on tax paid is under discussion by Alberta and Canadian hospital associations, with regulators not yet clear on final rules.
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Medicine Hat
Km Hospital
Tom Seaman
Alberta Hospital Association
Canadian Hospital Association
Seaman
Alberta Health
Medicine Hat Toxic Round-Up Aids Basement Cleanup
The city holds a toxic round-up on June 9 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Airport Hangar No 3 for residents to dispose of household hazardous wastes like paints solvents pesticides and antifreeze. Organizers aim to beat last year’s 87 vehicles and 22 barrels of waste with volunteers from Grassland Naturalists assisting and material routed to Calgary for disposal.
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Dean Pelkey
the News
Medicine Hat
Albert Bizio
Medicine Hat Public
Num
Bers
Loriie Marshall
Grassland Naturalists
Public Works Department
al- Tec Sanitation Systems Ltd
Picnic in the Park caps Medicine Hat Environment Week
Medicine Hat closes Environment Week with a family friendly Picnic in the Park at Echo Dale Regional Park on Saturday June 9 from 10 am to 7 pm featuring displays from Alberta Environment Unisphere and the Friends of Medalta. A Sunday June 10 lecture at Police Point Park on the piping plover by Calgary biologist Cleve Wereschler follows.
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Medicine Hat
Echo Dale
Helen Cain
Environment Week
Alberta Environment, Unisphere
Friends of
Medalta
Police Point Park
Calgary
Cleve Werschler
Dennis Baresco
Canada
Cindy Tuer
Tuer
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